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October 23, 2019

GOP Remains Trump’s, Not Romney’s, Party

Mitt Romney continues to be perhaps the most vocal Republican critic of President Trump, but GOP voters still side with the president and think Romney is hurting their party.

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October 23, 2019

Laura Loomer: Disrupter for Congress By Michelle Malkin

The Beltway swamp is clogged with miserable crapweasels: smug incumbents, status quo lemmings, Constitution infringers of all flavors, Silicon Valley lackeys, jihad apologists, open borders freaks and, oh, that Trump-deranged lurker, Mitt "Pierre Delecto" Romney.

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October 23, 2019

Better Than a Loan By John Stossel

Student loan debt keeps growing.

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October 22, 2019

42% Think Pelosi Worse Than Most House Speakers

A sizable number of voters think Nancy Pelosi doesn’t measure up to most of her predecessors as speaker of the House, but Democrats are enthusiastic supporters.

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October 22, 2019

Is Democracy a Dying Species? By Patrick J. Buchanan

What happens when democracy fails to deliver? What happens when people give up on democracy?

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October 22, 2019

Washington Subsidies Not Helping the Wind Industry By Stephen Moore

Last week, the lobbying arm of the wind energy industry made an unsurprising, though somewhat embarrassing, announcement. It wants a longer lifeline with federal subsidies. So much for wind being the low-cost energy source of the future.

October 21, 2019

38% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-eight percent (38%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending October 17.

October 21, 2019

Pollsters Push Sketchy Polls Again By Brian C. Joondeph

Pollsters are at it again, pushing sketchy polls, not to reflect public opinion, but to shape it. This is called propaganda, a popular tool for dictators who want to control the information flow from an all-powerful government to their subjects, the people.

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October 21, 2019

Biden Holds His Lead Nationally Among Democrats

Despite his lukewarm performance at the most recent Democratic presidential debate, Joe Biden holds a near two-to-one lead over Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren among his fellow Democrats nationally.

October 19, 2019

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 19, 2019

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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October 18, 2019

Voters Still Suspect High-Level Crimes Against Trump But Doubt Anyone Will Pay

Just over half of voters still believe in the likelihood of an illegal high-level effort to stop the Trump presidency, but not nearly as many expect anyone to be punished for it. Voters are evenly divided over which of the major 2016 presidential campaigns is more likely to have had illegal foreign help.

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October 18, 2019

Westerville Debate Leaves Democratic Race Wider Open By Michael Barone

The world's oldest political party set an all-time record Tuesday night, with 12 presidential candidates on a single stage in Westerville, Ohio. That's a suburb of Columbus, the fastest-growing big metro area in the Midwest, in Franklin County, which voted Republican in every presidential election but one for a half century (1944-92) but has voted Democratic in the six elections since.

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October 18, 2019

Is Putin the New King of the Middle East? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Russia Assumes Mantle of Supreme Power Broker in the Middle East," proclaimed Britain's Telegraph. The article began:

October 17, 2019

Most Plan for A Flu Shot Again This Year

Fewer Americans suffered through the flu last winter, and most plan to get a flu shot to make sure they duck it again.

October 17, 2019

Americans Agree Religion Is Under Punishing Assault

Most Americans who value their faith agree with Attorney General William Barr’s strongly worded speech last week declaring that religion is under heavy cultural attack.

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October 17, 2019

The Democrats Descend on Ohio By Kyle Kondik

But will they next year?

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— As the Democrats debate in Ohio, questions loom about how important the state will be in next year’s presidential election.

— Two key demographic indicators help explain why the state swung toward the Republicans in 2016 and why it seems likely to again vote to the right of the nation in 2020.

— The state remains competitive, but it’s far more important now to Republicans than Democrats.

October 16, 2019

Democrats Value Syria A Lot More Than GOP, Unaffiliated Voters

Nearly half of voters still regard Syria as important to America’s well-being, but Democrats feel that way much more strongly than other voters.

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October 16, 2019

Beltway Bidenspawn-Ship Has Its Privileges By Michelle Malkin

I wrote the book on the Obama administration's "Culture of Corruption" 10 years ago, including a thick and sordid chapter on the Beltway swamp creatures of the Biden family. See-no-evil liberals scoffed at my catalogue of back-scratching, shady Delaware deals and Wall Street funny money: What nepotism? What ethical lapses? What corruption?

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October 16, 2019

Different Sexes By John Stossel

The media keep telling us: There's no difference between male and female brains.

October 15, 2019

Voters See Trump, Democrats With Plans for the Future

Voters remain sure that President Trump and the Democratic Party know where they’re headed, but they’re less confident that Republicans have a similar focus.